1:30 PM: Hodgson, Jenny^*,1, Moilanen, Atte², Thomas, Chris¹, ¹ University of York, York, UK² Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Helsinki, Finland, Theory and practice for managing a disturbance-dependent butterfly.

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1:50 PM: Woolbright, Scott^{*,1, 2}, Martinsen, Gregory^{1, 2}, Whitham, Thomas^{1, 2}, Keim, Paul^{1, 2}, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA² Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, QTL mapping for ecologists: A novel experimental design provides a shortcut for linkage mapping in species with long generation times.

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2:10 PM: McIntosh, Angus^*,1, Grieg, Hamish¹, Winterbourn, Michael¹, ¹ School of Biological Sciences, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND, An experimental test of recruitment limitation in a stream caddisfly reveals larval population dynamics linked to both recruitment levels and density-dependent mortality.

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2:30 PM: Lowe, Winsor^*,1, Likens, Gene², McPeek, Mark³, Buso, Don², ¹ Division of Biological Sciences, Missoula, MT, USA² Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA³ Department of Biological Sciences, Hanover, NH, 03755, Linking direct and indirect data on dispersal: Isolation by slope in a headwater stream salamander.

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2:50 PM: Fine, Paul^{*,1, 2}, Miller, Zachariah ¹, Mesones, Italo³, Irazuzta, Sebastian⁴, Coley, Phyllis², ¹ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA² University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA³ Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru⁴ McMaster University, Hamilton, ONT, Canada, The growth-defense tradeoff and habitat specialization by plants in Amazonian forests.

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3:20 PM: Barber, Paul¹, Gonzalez-Guzman, Laura^*,2, Gaines, Steven ³, Dugan, Jennifer⁴, ¹ Boston University, Woods Hole, MA, USA² University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA³ University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA⁴ University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Genetic patchiness in Emerita analoga along the Pacific coast of North America.

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3:40 PM: Schroeder, Thomas ^{*,1, 2}, Walsh, Elizabeth¹, ¹ University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA² Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Cryptic speciation in the cosmopolitan Epiphanes senta complex (Monogononta, Rotifera) I: Diapause, mating behavior and reproductive isolation among species from temporary and permanent habitats.

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4:00 PM: Walsh, Elizabeth^*,1, Schroeder, Thomas^{1, 2}, ¹ University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA² Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Cryptic speciation in the cosmopolitan Epiphanes senta complex (Monogononta, Rotifera) II: Genetic differentiation within populations and among geographical regions.

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4:20 PM: Murray, Dennis ^*,1, Steury, Todd², ¹ Dept. Biology, Peterborough, ON, CANADA² Dept. Biology, St. Louis, MO, USA, Do southern snowshoe hare populations cycle, or simply fluctuate irregularly?

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